1867 in archaeology

1867 in archaeology

Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Finds 4 Publications 5 Awards 6 Miscellaneous 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

Explorations

• Ruins of Great Zimbabwe rediscovered by Adam Renders.

Excavations

• Oluf Rygh excavates the Tune ship in Norway.
• Excavations at Bibracte begun by Gabriel Bulliot (continue to 1907).
• September - Augustus Henry Lane-Fox undertakes his first excavation, at Cissbury Ring hill fort in West Sussex.

Finds

• George Smith discovers an inscription recording a solar eclipse in the month of Sivan on British Museum Tablet K51, which he is able to link to 15 June 763 BC., the cornerstone of ancient Near Eastern chronology.^[1]

Publications

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

• 13 May - Thomas Gann, explorer and archaeologist

Deaths

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1866 in archaeology
• 1868 in archaeology

References